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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

James H. Watson

(c. 1838 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 23 years. Enlisted September 2, 1861 at New York City; mustered in as Private, Company A, same date, to serve two years. He was promoted to Corporal October 11, 1861 and Sergeant on January 19, 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

References & notes

Basic information from State of New York1.

Birth

c. 1838

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 18 (for the year 1899), pp. 772 - 779 [AotW citation 12766]

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